A friend of mine put me on to this blog post through Facebook and I’ve deemed it important enough to share – and it’s unbelievable well written to boot! It engages the question of white privilege and spells out what it means in accessible terms. I’m posting a teaser here and a link to the rest of the blog.
One of the frustrating things about living in Iowa City – a cozy, liberal-for-the-Midwest sort of town – is that I’ll make friends with intelligent people, considerate people, well-spoken, literate people, who nevertheless will pull out phrases like “I don’t believe in white privilege” when I have discussions with them.
To them, I dedicate this. (Originally posted on my own blog, http://magistrate.dreamwidth.org/.)
Click here to read the rest.
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